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Paul Morphy vs Alphonse Delannoy
Odds Game (Nb1) (1858) (unorthodox), Paris FRA
Chess variants (000)  ·  1-0

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Mar-11-04  Taidanii: This play by morphy is brilliant. He was truly a great player.
Mar-11-04  Whitehat1963: Typical Morphy domination.
Mar-11-04  Pawn Ambush: Taidanii did you see my March 9th post on the capablanca page?
Mar-30-08  JimmyVermeer: Morphy missed a faster win on his 25th move. Try 25 e6+ f6 26 Qxf5 Qd8 27 Rdf1 Qxd2 28 Rf4 Qxb2+ 29 Kxb2 Ba3+ 30 Kc2 Rf7 31 exf7 Nd7 32 Rg8+ Rxg8 33 fxg8Q#
Mar-30-08  JimmyVermeer: just to clarify... the reason e6+ is a faster win is because Black on his 28th move could have delayed his loss by playing Nd7 instead of Nc6.

28 Rdf1 Nd7 29 exd7 Qf7 30 Qe5 h6 31 Rxf6 Bxf6 32 Qf5 Rf8 33 d8Q Rxd8 34 Bxf6+ Qxf6 35 Qxf6+ Kh7 36 Qg7#

Mar-30-08  who: Fritz points out that black could have delayed the loss even further with 25...Bf6, although white is of course winning in all variations anyway.
Nov-06-08  heuristic: 11.Ng5 g6 12.h4 Qd8 looks good for WHT

19.Bxd3 Kh8 20.Rhg1 Bc5 21.Bc2 Nd7
(19...Rg8 20.Qe3 Qf8 21.e6+ f6) looks good for WHT

Jan-28-09  WhiteRook48: 30. Rxf6!! wow!! There are just too many <DISCOVERED CHECK> threats.
Mar-13-09  WhiteRook48: and then he might get 2 rooks on the 7th rank: 31. Rf7 Qxb2+ 32 Kxb2 Re8 33 e7 Nxe7 34 Rgg7
Nov-23-09  josejoasm: I would take with the Bishop in 30.Bxf6+ Qg7 31.Bxg7+ Kg8 32.Bc3#
Mar-11-18  Kingalingaling: An elegant forced mate in 3 ensues after 31.Rf8+!! Rxf8 32.Bxg7+ Kg8 3.Bf6#

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